David Cay Johnston
2008-01-11 08:47:31
TomB,
I understand the reasons that people who did not read the article in context, and came to it by reading this blog, would have strong reactions.
When the piece ran 14 months ago, people read my report in context. Many sent me emails, letters and voicemails. The piece ran in newspapers across the country that subscribe to The New York Times News Service.
These readers expressed a wide variety of insights and reactions, none of them like the ones here from people who read a single number out of context and then made assertions about my knowledge, ethics, etc. Some here assert that I used some strained methodology when all I did was multiply and divide.
Context matters.
